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by Sherrie Eldridge (Author)
The voices of the adopted children are poignant, inquisitive and tell a familiar story of loss, fear and hope. This extraordinary book written by a woman who was adopted gives voice to unspoken concerns and shows adoptive parents how to rid their children of feelings of fear, helplessness, and shame. Sherrie Eldridge warmly and candidly reveals the twenty complex emotional issues that you must understand to educate the child you love... that you must grieve for your loss now if you want to receive love fully in the future... you need honest information about the birth family no matter how painful the details may be...and that, even though they may decide to search for the biological family, they will always trust you to be their parents. Packed with important information from kids, parents, and experts in the field, plus to have useful strategies and case studies that will be familiar to all families adoptive parents, this book is an invaluable guide to the complex emotions that reside in the heart of the adopted child and in the adoptive home.
Author Biography
For more than twenty years, Sherrie Eldridge has contributed her unique voice to the community of adoptions as author consolidated and lecturer international. Eldridge, who is adopted, has the ability to see life through the eyes of an adopted child. in his seven published books has shared his passion to recognize the life experiences of adopted persons and their wish for helping adoptive parents to better understand and to satisfy the needs their children's emotional adoptive. Your bestselling book Twenty things that children foster parents would like their children adoptive knew is considered required reading for many US agencies of adoption.
